Know Yourself

Content Warning: This episode I elected not to bleep out rude words.Departing from the normal agenda of analyzing Confederation philosophy through the lens of specific channeled materials, Jeremy relates some thoughts he’s been having since working daily with artificial intelligence tooling for software developers. The central paradox in the application of this philosophy to real, material human life is that of the self-aware instrument: a tool to be used by another intelligence, nevertheless imbued with self-awareness and the animating desire of the upward spiraling light. What does it mean to be sovereign and free as well as an instrument? How can a mere tool bear responsibility?Jamie keeps Jeremy on the rails as they explore questions like: do we have free will, and if so, in what sense? Which part of ourselves makes the decisions? If our waking consciousnesses are too helpless to progress spiritually on our own, does instrumentality help us begin to cooperate with our greater, plural selves to orchestrate a more intelligent manifestation in space and time of the timeless, ineffable Original Idea of the One Infinite Creator?Show NotesDirect ReferencesOrbiter (https://orbiter.socialmemorycomplex.earth)Space/timer (spacetimer.socialmemorycomplex.earth)Ra on the Subconscious Roots of the Choice (Session 19, Question 16)Ra on Human Impressibility (Session 88, Question 23)Fatima Prophecy by Ray Stanford (archive.org)Ra on Spontaneity in the Moment and Later Balancing (Session 41, Question 19)Q’uo on Judgement for Self and Other (January 6, 1991)Ra on the Invisibility of the Fruits of Our Beingness (Session 19, Question 13)Ra on the Extravagant Opportunities of Veiled Relationship (Session 83, Question 16)Q'uo on the Optical Model of Consciousness (November 2, 2024)Q'uo on the Spirit Complex as Processor of Archetypal Remainders (October 8, 2022)The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible by Charles Eisenstein (charleseisenstein.org)Indirect ResearchRa on Unconscious Use of Will (Session 52, Question 7)Q’uo on the Three Layers of Will (August 11, 2009)Q’uo on the Unconscious Recognition of Catalyst (November 3, 2018)Q’uo on the Role of Faith in Exercising Will (February 14, 1988)Q’uo on Will and Polarity (October 16, 2005)Q’uo on the Will’s Role in Third Density (November 4, 2023)Q’uo on Personality and Subconscious Will (November 4, 2023)Q’uo on Will and Desire (November 6, 2023)

Continuing their survey of the Confederation's commentary on marriage and relationships, Jamie and Jeremy explore some of the sides of the topic left unaddressed in episode 67. Starting with a breakdown of gender roles and their spiritual purposes, they then look at the Confederation's opinions on abuse and divorce. Jamie and Jeremy draw on their own experiences with relationships to provide a human side to the catalytic inferno into which mated relationships draw seekers and provide some thoughts on how to approach this intense and heartbreaking experience of growing and balancing with this single charged mirror, with no lack of rants and tangents along the way.Show NotesOrbiter: a video chat app for running group meditations the Carla wayThe Instrumental Life: Jeremy's blog on the early Confederation materialThe Association for Spiritual IntegrityWorking Notes substackQ’uo on gender roles (March 25, 2007)Q’uo on the prize of marriage catalyst (May 16, 2002)"Subway Takes" on partner’s parents (Youtube.com)Q'uo on abuse in relationships (November 16, 1986)Ra on the "board to the forehead" (Session 83, Question 27)Sexual Energy Transfer (not mentioned)Q’uo via Rueckert: May 10, 2008A collection of Ra mentions

Jamie and Jeremy reflect on the stories of two public figures in the Law of One milieu: David Wilcock and Bentinho Massaro. They discuss the role Wilcock played in their seeking as well as his place in the larger community around our philosophy given his recent tragic death. They then address a new podcast series featuring interviews with ex-members of Massaro’s cult. Contrasting his actions with the clear principles of service-to-others, they discuss the place of authority, free will, and humility in engaging with spiritual seeking in our human, veiled lives.Show NotesDavid Wilcock’s site (https://divinecosmos.com)Ra on transient information (Session 26, Question 36)Boulder County Sheriff’s Office information on Wilcock’s death, including the family’s statement (BoulderCounty.gov)Inst@guru series (Mark Vicente’s WTF is On My Mind podcast)The Vow (HBO)Q’uo on Setting Intentions (June 10, 2024)Q’uo on the Slogan “All is Well” (May 19, 2022)Ra on the Limit of the Viewpoint (Session 99, Question 5)

Jamie and Jeremy turn to the Confederation's thoughts on mated relationships in this episode, drawing upon their personal experience with relationships to put the fourth, fifth, and sixth density messages from our tradition in a human context. The Confederation tends to stress the importance of knowing oneself honestly, as this helps the seeker to be more open and vulnerable with their mate, yielding some of the most potent catalyst for growth people encounter in their incarnation. Through meditation we tap into the sacred nature of ourselves, the other self, and the resulting relationship-self, thereby expanding inner and outer inquiry into potentially every level of awareness. By mirroring in better or worse ways, the mate furnishes their partner a consistent subject upon which to focus their love, making their place in our lives a complex but utterly consequential aspect of the upward spiraling light.Show NotesHatonn on how service works between mates (May 6, 1979)Ra on unstudied, spontaneous, and honest response of entities toward experiences (Session 41, Question 19)Q'uo on mirroring in relationships (August 29, 2001)Latuii on justice and expectations within relationships (October 4, 1987)Laitos on negotiating the open heart (May 4, 2024)And check out SocialMemoryComplex.Earth to find help on organizing seeking circles as well as Jeremy's new blog!

Given the state of the world at the outset of 2026, Jamie and Jeremy discuss the Confederation's thoughts on the subject of despair. Laleema shares their view on the condition with regards to the mind, body, and spirit complexes, finding spiritual despair to be an absolutely necessary experience for the seeker. The task then becomes to work with our bodily and mental despair to transmute them into that of the spirit, where we can surrender our limitations of mind and body to the Creator and do Its will. The ideas of Søren Kierkegaard on despair are sprinkled in, and a Q'uo transcript from a few years sheds light on the operation of despair as part of a cycle in the life of love.Show NotesLaleema on despair (September 22, 2005)Sickness Unto Death (Kierkegaard, A&D Press, 2008)Q'uo on Empathy (First Channeling Intensive, Session 10: August 1, 2021)Q'uo on Witnessing Planetary Sorrow (Sixth Channeling Intensive, Session 19: November 4, 2024)Pluribus (Apple TV)Reality (Kingsley, Catafalque Press, 2020)Q'uo on the Cycle of Desire, Love, Despair, and Healing (First Channeling Intensive, Session 11: August 2, 2021)Auxhall on Freedom and Direction (March 12, 2023)All despair-related sessions on HARC (High Altitude Receiving Center)Working Notes (Substack)

When asked about the disciplines of the personality, those of Ra responded with three directives: “One, know yourself. Two, accept yourself. Three, become the Creator.” What does it mean to know yourself? Which self? How much knowledge? What is this knowledge, its nature? Jamie and Jeremy discuss these questions in light of emotions, dreams, energy system blockages, desires, and the neverending search for the center of ourselves and other selves.Show NotesEpisode 17: The Discipline of the Personality (inaudible.show)Ra on the discipline of the personality (Session 74, Question 11)Q’uo on working with emotions (January 7, 2008)Ra’s balancing technique example (Session 46, Question 9)Hatonn on knowing the universe through the self (November 9, 1977)Ra on imagining infinity as a unity (Session 1, Question 7)Laitos on desire magnetizing the self (November 9, 1977)Episode 62: A Deep Dive Into the Archetypes, Part 3 (inaudible.show)Q’uo on “Who Am I?” (September 22, 2007)Contact Jeremy via email: jeremy at otherselvesworking period group

How should we relate to the more fantastic elements in Confederation philosophy like contact with extraterrestrial entities, the effects of the pyramid structure, and UFOs/UAPs? How do we know what's real? Is any of it required study for our spiritual progress? What role does it play in our lives, our faith in the Creator, and ability to polarize and serve others? Jamie Liestman joins Jeremy to discuss how seekers might work with these less philosophical parts of the philosophy, recounting their personal experiences with the sublime, the supernatural, and where service fits into that.Note: My audio is not as good as it could be, I'm out of practice setting levels. Sorry.Show NotesJade Norby's new Law of One podcast (YouTube)Jade Norby's substack with Discord community information (jadenorby.substack.com)Ra on using the pyramid (Session 57, Question 13)Carla joins the Working Group (June 10, 2024: Working Group Gathering '24, Session 6)Ra on understanding in third density (Session 16, Question 39)Ufos alerting people to mystery (Session 7, Question 12)Flying Sauces: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky (Jung, Princeton University Press, 1979)Episode 14: The Transient and the Timeless (inaudible.show)Hatonn on blending energies (August 15, 2025: RMC 2025 Invitational, Session 1)YouTube version (YouTube.com)

Returning from their hiatus, Nithin and Jeremy look into what Confederation entities might have to say about the subject of depression. We look at depression in several senses: as a starving of love from its source, a rejection of the self and the circumstances in which it finds itself, an opportunity to empty the self in order to make room for the new, and more. Applying their experience with depressive states at various moments in their lives, Jeremy and Nithin delve into the nature of this condition as one milestone in an overall process of transformation. We are not asked to understand so much as to have faith in the goodness of this transformation and, in so doing, take responsibility for our small role as instruments of our Creator.Show NotesQ'uo on catalyst gone awry (May 2, 2004)Q'uo on the influence of different melodies on the self (October 15, 2005)Q'uo on the spiraling nature of recurring catalyst (May 1, 2005)Latuii on the opportunity of depression (February 28, 1982)Latuii on depression and transformation (May 20, 1984)Q'uo on transformation and the light touch (July 12, 1992)Q'uo on depression and red ray blockage (November 24, 2007; May 10, 2008)Q'uo on the role of all energy centers in depression (October 8, 2006)Q'uo on depression and its archetypes (July 26, 1987)

Jeremy gives a short update on the status of the podcast, followed by a recording of his presentation, New Insights Into the Archetypal Mind, recorded at the Other Selves Working Group's January 2025 Law of One Concepts Study Circle meeting.Video presentation (youtube.com)Jeremy's piece on the tenth anniversary of Carla Rueckert's passing (Working Notes substack)

In this final installment of our series on the archetypal mind, Dr. Stephen Tyman joins us once more to help us begin to explore the spirit cycle of the tarot. We discuss the unfathomably vast scope of the spirit complex through the lens of its seven stations. Here seeking has become so refined that desire, the motive force of evolution, and its object begin to blend. Our individuated consciousness stands naked before our true identity as the Creator Itself. Perilous, subtle, and promising, work in the spirit complex involves encountering our deepest emotions, including faith and despair, joy and terror, as we balance these experiences and discipline ourselves to apprehend in some small way the colossal forces of intelligent infinity without recourse to the traction provided by the body complex and the mind complex.Show NotesRa on the primacy of individual interpretation of the archetypes (Session 77, Question 23)Ra on the adept’s dissociation with the world (Session 80, Question 12)Q’uo on fixing and loving (July 31, 2007)Hatonn on seeking and transformation (May 1, 1983)Ra on the infitude of spirit (Session 80, Question 20)Ra on archetypes as things-in-themselves (Session 88, Question 17)Article on the concept of the thing-in-itself (Wikipedia)Ra on the origin of the tarot (Session 76, Question 6)Ra on the experience of spirit (Session 80, Question 8)The Celestine Prophecy (CelestineVision.com)The Sixth Channeling Intensive (High Altitude Receiving Center)